This is a reference for football coaches and a resource for players, parents and fans. It shows coaches every facet of building and maintaining a successful football programme. From this book coaches can learn techniques, tactics and drills for coaching offense, defense and special teams. Reade also shows coaches how to teach the skills and strategies used in a variety of offensive and defensive alignments. In addition, to X's and O's, Reade emphasizes other aspects of coaching such as philosophy, communication, motivation, planning and programme evaluation.